Chapter 35: Domineering Secretary Bai Yueguang 14 Pushing it to another woman

"That's it. Now it's my turn." Ji Hanlin curled the corners of his lips, his eyes filled with ambiguous emotions.

"I don't take any of what you just said seriously."

As soon as he finished speaking, he turned around and walked towards the door without even looking at Wen Qianning.

When his hand was on the door handle, he paused for half a second, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he said nothing.

Wen Qianning lay in bed, listening to the footsteps receding in the corridor. They didn't pause for a moment, as if they truly didn't care what she said. But for some reason, she felt that Ji Hanlin's back just now exuded an indescribable loneliness.

She stared at the ceiling, her mind in a mess, until she fell into a drowsy sleep in the second half of the night.

When he woke up the next day, Ji Hanlin was no longer in the room. The phone screen on the bedside table was lit, revealing a new text message from Ji Hanlin. It contained only a few words: "I'm going to the company for something."

Wen Qianning looked at the text message and suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

It seems that those sarcastic words last night still hurt him. He probably didn't want to stay at home and continue quarreling, so he made an excuse to go to the company.

Her eyes moved to the bedside, where there was a brand new crutch, which should have been prepared for her by Ji Hanlin.

She hesitated for a moment, then slowly stood up with the help of the wall. She picked up the crutches and tried it out. Although she was a little uncomfortable with it, it did help to share some of the weight. So Wen Qianning leaned on the crutches and moved carefully towards the stairs step by step.

As soon as I reached the stairs, I heard a slight noise coming from downstairs, as if it came from the direction of the kitchen.

Wen Qianning was stunned for a moment. Didn’t Ji Hanlin go to the company? Why was there someone else at home?

She slowed down her pace and moved down step by step. Due to her mobility issues, she inevitably made slight noises when walking up the stairs, and the noise in the kitchen stopped instantly.

Immediately afterwards, a figure walked out of the kitchen quickly. When the person who came out of the kitchen saw Wen Qianning standing on the stairs, he was obviously stunned for a moment, and then hurried over.

"Are you awake?"

Wen Qianning looked at the person in front of him and was immediately frightened, with an expression as if he had seen a ghost.

Isn't this... the heroine Jian Yi? Why is she here?!

Jian Yi's face was also a little flustered. She quickly walked to the stairs and carefully held Wen Qianning's arm. "I'm sorry, I didn't notice you were awake. Come, be careful, I'll help you down."

Wen Qianning was supported by her and slowly walked down the last few steps. Then he was steadily led to a chair, but... his heart was full of doubts.

As if sensing the confused look in the eyes of the person before her, Jian Yi smiled and introduced herself to Wen Qianning: "Hello, Madam. I am Jian Yi, President Ji's secretary."

"Miss Jane, why are you here?" She blinked, a little dazed as she looked at the heroine's friendly face.

Hearing this, Jian Yi did not rush to answer. Instead, he smiled, turned around and ran into the kitchen. He quickly brought out a large bowl of steaming pork rib soup, and the rich aroma instantly filled the air.

She placed the bowl of soup on the table in front of her and explained softly, "My mother accidentally sprained her ankle some time ago, so I often make this pork rib soup for her to nourish her body. It's been quite effective. I happened to mention this when I was reporting to President Ji."

"I didn't expect that President Ji had remembered it and asked me to come over today to make a bowl for you to try and see if it suits your taste." She picked up the spoon next to her, scooped a spoonful of soup and handed it to Wen Qianning with a gentle smile.

Seeing the tempting milky white soup in the bowl, and the aroma that kept penetrating into his nose, Wen Qianning took the bowl, took a sip, and his eyes lit up after tasting it: "...delicious!"

"As long as Madam likes it." Jian Yi was touched by her cute look and thought, their president's wife is so nice and gives a lot of emotional value.

Wen Qianning felt a little embarrassed and raised her eyes helplessly: "Don't call me Madam, you don't have to be so polite."

Besides, I'm not a lady. She gently stirred the soup in the bowl with a spoon, thinking to herself that the person in front of her was a real lady, and she was not worthy of being called "Madam" by her.

Jian Yi was stunned for a moment, then asked uncertainly, "Then...can I call you Ningning?"

"Of course." Wen Qianning tilted her head and muttered to herself. Although she had been looking forward to Ji Hanlin going to the company yesterday, he really went there, but in return Jian Yi came to accompany her - in this way, the male and female protagonists still had no chance to interact with each other, and it didn't serve any purpose at all.

Thinking of this, she said, "Well, Jian Yi...why don't you go back to the company and I'll stay at home alone."

"How can that be? President Ji asked me to accompany you." Seeing the hesitation in Wen Qianning's eyes, Jian Yi quickly comforted her, "Don't worry, Ningning. I just finished a follow-up task for a cooperation a few days ago. It's a good time to relax these two days. Just let me accompany you."

Wen Qianning wanted to say something else, but Jian Yi had already caught sight of the tablet she had placed on the corner of the sofa. A hint of surprise flashed in her eyes. "You play this game too? I've been playing it every night lately."

"I play occasionally, but I always lose." Wen Qianning scratched his head a little embarrassedly.

"I'll take you!" Jian Yi immediately became interested and pulled her to start playing together, "I'm sure you'll win!"

Therefore, when Ji Hanlin came back, he saw the two of them huddled together on the sofa. The light from the flat-screen screen reflected on Wen Qianning's face, which was more vivid than he had ever seen before.

The man's Adam's apple moved, but he didn't say anything. He just put his coat away a little slower.

Hearing the door open, Wen Qianning looked up and saw that it was Ji Hanlin who had returned. He was staring at her face quietly. She felt a little uncomfortable being stared at and was about to speak when Jian Yi, who was standing beside her, stood up and bowed respectfully to Ji Hanlin, "Mr. Ji, you're back."

Ji Hanlin hummed, his eyes falling on Wen Qianning's fair and slender hand that was trying to hold Jian Yi, and his brows frowned slightly.

"Ningning just won five games in a row. That's amazing." Jian Yi didn't notice anything was wrong and continued to praise Wen Qianning. "Her skills are really good..."

"You call her... Ningning?" Ji Hanlin suddenly spoke, frowning almost imperceptibly.

"Ah? Um, um..." Jian Yi finally realized that her boss's tone was not very pleasant, and she froze in her place.

But in just one day, they were familiar enough to call each other by such intimate nicknames, and could even get together to laugh and play games, as close as friends who had known each other for a long time.

Thinking that Wen Qianning's warmth and intimacy no longer belonged to him, an indescribable irritation suddenly surged in his heart.

"Jian Yi." Ji Hanlin tried hard to suppress the possessive desire that was almost out of control in his heart. His voice was a little deeper than usual. "It's getting late. You should go back first."

Jian Yi was stunned for a moment, glanced at the sky outside the window, then looked at Ji Hanlin's expressionless face, and nodded quickly: "Oh, okay. Then... Miss Ning, Miss Wen, President Ji, I'm leaving first."

"Okay, see you tomorrow." Wen Qianning was also confused and looked at her reluctantly.

After saying that, he called Ji Hanlin with a worried look on his face, "Ask the driver to take Jian Yi back."

After Jian Yi left, the empty living room fell silent. Wen Qianning could tell the man in front of her wasn't looking too happy, but she couldn't quite grasp his thoughts, so she just stared at the tablet screen.

Ji Hanlin walked over to her and sat down, causing the sofa to sink. He reached out and took her tablet, turned off the screen, and answered the question in a flat tone, "Did you have fun playing with her?"

"It's okay..." Wen Qianning always felt that there was a sour taste in his words, and looked up at him.

"You even asked the driver to take her...are you really that nice to her?" Ji Hanlin turned sideways, took out the ointment, and lowered his head to carefully change the medicine on the girl. "The doctor said you should get more rest. Staring at the screen all the time is not good for you."

It was inexplicable. Wen Qianning seemed to have many question marks in her head. This person's excuse was very reasonable. She sprained her ankle, so what did it have to do with her eyes?

However, she hadn't forgotten that they were still arguing. So the girl stopped looking at him, as if she was treating the person next to her as nothing. She could feel the man's gaze occasionally falling on her, with a hint of gloomy inquiry, but she simply ignored him.

When Ji Hanlin saw Wen Qianning's look of rejecting him from a thousand miles away, it only made the anger in his heart grow even more intense.

Even when meeting Jian Yi for the first time, Wen Qianning could still talk and laugh with her, but to him, she was reluctant to even look at him or say a word more.

The two of them were watching TV together. On the surface, everything seemed calm, but in fact, they had different thoughts.

Wen Qianning quietly raised her eyes and glanced at the person next to her. Ji Hanlin was leaning against the back of the sofa, his profile clearly outlined under the light. His eyes were fixed on the screen. It was unclear whether he was really looking at it or was distracted like her.

She cleared her throat and spoke casually, "Ahem, um, Ji Hanlin, what do you think of...Jian Yi?"

Ji Hanlin slowly turned his head and fixed his gaze on her face. His eyes were as cold as ice, and his tone was filled with suppressed anger: "Wen Qianning."

The girl felt uneasy when he looked at her, but she still met his gaze. "Why? I was just asking casually, I didn't say anything... If you're unhappy, just don't answer."

"Just asking?" He pulled the corner of his lip, his smile full of sarcasm. "You didn't say a word to me all day, and when you finally opened your mouth, it was to discuss another woman with me?"

He leaned forward, and the distance between them instantly narrowed. That familiar feeling of oppression surged up again, "Are you so eager to push me to another woman?"

Wen Qianning choked at the question and subconsciously shrank back: "That's not what I meant... I just think she's a nice person, and you..."

"I don't care whether she's okay or not. I told you, I only care about you." Ji Hanlin interrupted her impatiently, "Jian Yi is just the new secretary hired by the HR department after you resigned. You can ignore my love for you, but you don't have to say such things on purpose to make me angry."

After the two of them parted on bad terms this time, Wen Qianning really couldn't think of a solution. She tried to summon the system to ask how to carry out the mission in this world under the current circumstances, but the system did not appear again no matter what.